He and Clarence Bullock, a salesman who called on Ingersoll, formed Midwest Enameling & Stamping Company to manufacture refrigerators.
In 1934, they purchased an empty plant in Morrison, IL from Illinois Refrigeration Company, which had built wooden ice boxes.
During World War II, the company shifted from consumer goods to products such as mines, droppable gas tanks, powder cans and Navy floats.
After the war, production of consumer refrigerators resumed and the company introduced Kitchen-Kraft steel kitchen cabinets, and the firm's all-steel kitchens enjoyed a degree of popularity in the “Atomic Age.” Midwest sold a franchise to manufacture and distribute the cabinets on the West Coast to Parker Manufacturing Company in Santa Monica, CA.
Kitchen-Kraft steel cabinets were installed in the homes of various Hollywood movie stars/directors, such as Alan Ladd.